At a nursing home, you find an elderly patient extremely short of breath. To best determine whether this patient is cyanotic, you should:

A) Press and release the skin on the palm
B) Examine the lining of the lips and mouth
C) Look at and feel the skin on the back of the hand
D) Inspect the skin on the fingers and nail beds


B) Examine the lining of the lips and mouth

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A) Friction B) Kneading C) Compression D) Deep effleurage

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While you are transporting a 41-year-old woman who is not feeling well, she begins to seize. She has no history of seizures, and the seizure lasts approximately 90 seconds. After 30 seconds of being postictal and totally unresponsive, the woman suddenly seizes again for the remainder of the 12-minute transport. The EMT should recognize that the patient is experiencing which emergency condition?

A) Undiagnosed epilepsy B) Hypoglycemic-induced seizures C) Status epilepticus D) Partial-motor seizure

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Write 27 as a Roman numeral

What will be an ideal response?

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Choose the word that best describes each sentence or group of words. ? ? She is a well-trained, sensitive physician and you can rely on her opinion

A) ?fragmented B) ?complete C) ?parallel D) nonparallel

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